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with this complaint about how much protection the obama's get. their vacations are too expensive. tucker carlson's starting a petition saying that the secret service should stop protecting the obamas. it definitely taps into very weird issues and it's not always just about guns. >> now the squeaky wheel tend to get the most attention and thankfully cenk has been a squeaky wheel in this issue. >> the national rifle association has been getting flack for advocateing armed guards in schools. >> the brilliant idea that they had was put more armed guards in school. >> barbara boxer say that's something she has suggested to the vice president. >> america agrees with wayne and the nra. barack obama won't have who sets of rules. armed guards for his rich friends in their elite schools restrictions in gun free schools for ours. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> cenk: eric, did they get me? >> they did. you were one of the vast majority of people who thought-- thought--i don't know but vast majority but huge num
with this complaint about how much protection the obama's get. their vacations are too expensive. tucker carlson's starting a petition saying that the secret service should stop protecting the obamas. it definitely taps into very weird issues and it's not always just about guns. >> now the squeaky wheel tend to get the most attention and thankfully cenk has been a squeaky wheel in this issue. >> the national rifle association has been getting flack for advocateing armed guards in...
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the number >> obama: we take care of our own. we take care of our veterans. we take care of your families. not just by saluting you on one day, once a year, but by fighting for you and your families every day of every year. that's our obligation. a sacred obligation to all of you. >> jennifer: well, that was the president giving what was clearly a very heartfelt speech at arlington national cemetery on veteran's day. but one of the places this country has fallen short is making sure that those same veterans can find jobs when they return home. the unemployment rate of veterans skyrocketed to over 12% in is 2011. the good news is that it has been dropping. unemployment has just been below 7.7% in 2012 compared to 7.9% of non-veteran. that drop is due in part to the initiative by the president. he even signed the vow to hire heroes act of 2011 which helped to put veterans back to work. but the president has said that government can't solve this problem alone. in 2011 he called on the private sector to help. >> obama: we're challenging the private sector to hire
the number >> obama: we take care of our own. we take care of our veterans. we take care of your families. not just by saluting you on one day, once a year, but by fighting for you and your families every day of every year. that's our obligation. a sacred obligation to all of you. >> jennifer: well, that was the president giving what was clearly a very heartfelt speech at arlington national cemetery on veteran's day. but one of the places this country has fallen short is making sure...
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consumer confidence is at a five-year high. >> that damn obama. >> stephanie: thanks obama! arnold in north carolina. good morning, arnold. >> caller: good morning, steph. what are the mooks doing on the job? they are not doing their jobs in morning. they had about 600 trolls call your show this morning. and no troll alert went up. >> stephanie: oh, thank you for your attention. >> this is a test this is a test of the right-wing troll motivation system. this is only a test. >> benghaziiiiiiiiii. >> this has been a test of the right-wing troll notification system. had this been an actual urge actual -- emergency you would have been instructed where to tune for half-baked information. >> stephanie: i was on cnn about the girl who is being charged for a consensual relationship with another teenage girl. and i was really people think that's okay? >> that she is prosecuted. >> stephanie: yeah, i was saying when i was 14 my boyfriend was 17. >> but 18 is the age of consent. they probably would have turned him in had he been 18. >> sure. >> the problem would be if they are not pros
consumer confidence is at a five-year high. >> that damn obama. >> stephanie: thanks obama! arnold in north carolina. good morning, arnold. >> caller: good morning, steph. what are the mooks doing on the job? they are not doing their jobs in morning. they had about 600 trolls call your show this morning. and no troll alert went up. >> stephanie: oh, thank you for your attention. >> this is a test this is a test of the right-wing troll motivation system. this is...
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he didn't get up when president obama introduced the 102-year-old woman who waited six hours to vote. >> john: in your article you talk about the voting rights being he would up in 2006 by a vote in the house that was 390-33. now it's under attack by a seemingly majority of conservatives. >> it's a disconcerting shift. there was bipartisan agreement on the continuing need for the righting rights--the voting rights act. there are different reasons why it has come under siege. the party itself is more white more southern. >> it's not because there are more southern white people but more have been driven away. >> we also saw after obama's election--this is the big thing that obama got 80% of the minority vote in 2008. and republicans thought we can't get that minority vote. let's try to suppress it instead. instead. then there was this campaign under the radar by conservatives to pump money into groups whose express burns is to challenge laws like the voting right act. there is a whole checks to find cases, challenge it, and they now have a receptive ear with john roberts as chief justic
he didn't get up when president obama introduced the 102-year-old woman who waited six hours to vote. >> john: in your article you talk about the voting rights being he would up in 2006 by a vote in the house that was 390-33. now it's under attack by a seemingly majority of conservatives. >> it's a disconcerting shift. there was bipartisan agreement on the continuing need for the righting rights--the voting rights act. there are different reasons why it has come under siege. the...
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>> cpac is always interesting, so this was supposed to be the year where there is going to be some sort of investigation following the second thumping that obama gave them but cpac is probably the last place on the planet where you would go to search for introspection. if you go back to cpac what is fascinating is it has always been considered the fringe far right. during the clinton years, that's where the crazies went that's where you could buy bumper stickers and hilary and bill killing people. but it wasn't really seen as the republican party. it was like the crazies, the fevered swamp, and it's kind of interesting, but you forward to today it's synonymous. it's just as crazy, but they represent the republican party and the conservative movement so the problem is during the 10, 15 years ago any republican party did not go to cpac but now they are one in the same and they find themselves at places like cpac where you have zaher as sort of the prop comic, big gulp. >> hal: the carrot top of politics. >> right. so that's the delima that they find themselves in. >> hal: and not inviting
>> cpac is always interesting, so this was supposed to be the year where there is going to be some sort of investigation following the second thumping that obama gave them but cpac is probably the last place on the planet where you would go to search for introspection. if you go back to cpac what is fascinating is it has always been considered the fringe far right. during the clinton years, that's where the crazies went that's where you could buy bumper stickers and hilary and bill...
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the last time we had a governor's election, the year after obama was first elected, the turnout fell from 73% in the presidential year to 40% in the governor's race, and that's why the republicans swept the statewide elections. >> that's the whole ball game this year is turn out going to once again fall from the low 70s to the 40s? i guarantee you the democrats will win. if the democrats can get turnout over 50, they will probably win. >> larry, because you had such a well-organized operation on the part of obama and they got these lists, they know these people. they know where they live. that one turned over and to terri micallef, do you think they will be able to organize a turnout organization? past? bound to be better than the one four years ago. >> these voters to come around and in an off-year election. one of two states that has an election. it's hard to get people revved up again. i will tell you. let's be honest. terri micallef has pluses and minuses. he doesn't necessarily exciting the democratic base. i think what's important is what's going to happen june 11th. the democr
the last time we had a governor's election, the year after obama was first elected, the turnout fell from 73% in the presidential year to 40% in the governor's race, and that's why the republicans swept the statewide elections. >> that's the whole ball game this year is turn out going to once again fall from the low 70s to the 40s? i guarantee you the democrats will win. if the democrats can get turnout over 50, they will probably win. >> larry, because you had such a well-organized...
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if the economy keeps growing at the pace of the past year, president obama stands to leave office creating [ inaudible ] remaining months and you come up with 7.1 million on top of the jobs he has already created. [ applause ] >> stephanie: as opposed to the losing 700,000 jobs a month guy. >> that's right. [ giggling ] >> stephanie: boy, i miss that little giggle. the supreme court is not going to issue any more rulings this week. we just talk to jeffrey toobin author of "the oath," now out in paper book -- back. it's a paper book that's a paperback. good morning. >> hi stephanie. >> stephanie: the piece you wrote about john robert's court legacy is not making me any happier. >> it shouldn't. >> stephanie: i know you say -- >>, you know, as john mccain likes to say, elections have consequences, and george bush beating john kerry in 2004 with william lindquist on his death bed, this is a very important thing. >> stephanie: jeffery that is absolutely true, you point that out, the two huge decisions that benefited benefited republicans so much. >> and those are the directly political dig --
if the economy keeps growing at the pace of the past year, president obama stands to leave office creating [ inaudible ] remaining months and you come up with 7.1 million on top of the jobs he has already created. [ applause ] >> stephanie: as opposed to the losing 700,000 jobs a month guy. >> that's right. [ giggling ] >> stephanie: boy, i miss that little giggle. the supreme court is not going to issue any more rulings this week. we just talk to jeffrey toobin author of...
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white house when, in fact, he's spending less money every year than george bush did. she accused obamacare of literally killing people when, in fact, it is saving lives. she holds the record for the most number of liar, liar, pants on fire designations given by politifact making her the biggest liar in congress and that's saying something. and if that's not bad enough, michele bachmann is in legal trouble, under investigation by congressional ethics panel for intentional campaign finance violations which could earn her a big fine and censure by the house. think about it. this is a woman who won the iowa straw poll. at one time, she led the field of republican candidates for president. she is founder of the tea party caucus. but today, michele bachmann is nothing but a monumental embarrassment to the republican party. she has become a one-woman carnival cruise. go out and have a great tuesday folks. come back and see us again tomorrow morning. [♪ theme music ♪] >> stephanie: all right. pardon us while we do our usual l.a. talk. cold water canyon -- >> oh, my god. >
white house when, in fact, he's spending less money every year than george bush did. she accused obamacare of literally killing people when, in fact, it is saving lives. she holds the record for the most number of liar, liar, pants on fire designations given by politifact making her the biggest liar in congress and that's saying something. and if that's not bad enough, michele bachmann is in legal trouble, under investigation by congressional ethics panel for intentional campaign finance...
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i mean like we're now -- you know, not quite halfway but a year and a half into president obama's second term. shouldn't this have been around in 2009. >> well we didn't start until a couple of years ago. [ laughter ] >> but i don't think it is too late. we do have time. the changes are happening quickly, but we do have time if we start making these investments now. and again, a lot of these things are items that we have been pushing for a long time, but i really do think that -- sometimes people they -- they like to focus on the conversation and the narrative, and a lot of times people don't realize that, but i think when it comes to this i think it's really important. and it's really important that the american people don't just see the change in demographics as somebody else's problem, that we see it is happening to all of us. and the efforts we make today will benefit us all in the future. >> bill: so what do you hope happens to this road map? >> i hope many of these prescriptions we put forth actually come through. >> bill: you see the challenge now that you want democratic members
i mean like we're now -- you know, not quite halfway but a year and a half into president obama's second term. shouldn't this have been around in 2009. >> well we didn't start until a couple of years ago. [ laughter ] >> but i don't think it is too late. we do have time. the changes are happening quickly, but we do have time if we start making these investments now. and again, a lot of these things are items that we have been pushing for a long time, but i really do think that --...
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and obama years. >> oh boy that's a hot potato. it was probably more during the bush years, but over the last 20 or 30 years, press access has declined with each president. i don't think it has anything to do with party or personality, it's just kind of the way of returning to doing things in secret. there used to be a time when you had unfettered access. >> bill: yeah i had to renew my hard pass last week, and i wanted to walk across the street, but you can't do it. you have to go out the gate walk all around the block, to get to the back -- it's crazy. >> it's not like meredith and her colleagues. >> and yet you still get the cell phone treatment from senator. i think the way the media has evolved has changed the way the white house interacting with reports. but an interesting point on transparency in the white house is your next guest, senator durbin had the first hearing on the constitutionality of drones. and they invited the white house to president and the white house refused to send a witness on this. and they were the ones
and obama years. >> oh boy that's a hot potato. it was probably more during the bush years, but over the last 20 or 30 years, press access has declined with each president. i don't think it has anything to do with party or personality, it's just kind of the way of returning to doing things in secret. there used to be a time when you had unfettered access. >> bill: yeah i had to renew my hard pass last week, and i wanted to walk across the street, but you can't do it. you have to go...
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snowden has now entered russia with temporary asylum for one year. president obama is going to meet with a bipartisan group of congress today to talk about fisa. the administration has said it is working to declassify what information it can to shed some light on the operations. al franken wonders why it took up until the very last minute before the senate hearing for the white house to release the documents that ordered verizon to turn over metadata. he and senator blumenthal will interview legislation today. and a third extension has been filed to for google and microsoft to release details on what fisa asked them to do. the u.s. and pakistan have agreed to mend fences and try to reestablish full partnership. we are back with more show for you after the break. stay with us. ♪ cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number% 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the de
snowden has now entered russia with temporary asylum for one year. president obama is going to meet with a bipartisan group of congress today to talk about fisa. the administration has said it is working to declassify what information it can to shed some light on the operations. al franken wonders why it took up until the very last minute before the senate hearing for the white house to release the documents that ordered verizon to turn over metadata. he and senator blumenthal will interview...
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a, this is fox news that just absolutely hammered obama for years for not going after leak -- pursuing leak investigations, and the same fox news that when the valley plain leak investigation was underway said the whole thing was a waste of time. we don't care who leaked it. the journalist didn't do anything wrong, and things like that. >> right. >> and then the third layer of weird hypocrisy is in 2006 when the "new york times" did this scoop on international banking, and the right-wing went crazy saying they are helping al qaeda. and fox news said they should go to jail. so fox new's position is completely interchangeable with the partisan calculus. >> yeah, it's a weather vain that no matter which way the wind blows always points right. >> exactly. >> but they have such a willing accomplish in darrell issa, issa -- it's funny that the five distanced themselves from darrell issa -- >> the five on fox news. >> yeah. fox news calling jay carney was a paid liar was a bit much for them, it's amazing because the rest of the time it wouldn't. >> yeah i mean -- i don't know if that's becaus
a, this is fox news that just absolutely hammered obama for years for not going after leak -- pursuing leak investigations, and the same fox news that when the valley plain leak investigation was underway said the whole thing was a waste of time. we don't care who leaked it. the journalist didn't do anything wrong, and things like that. >> right. >> and then the third layer of weird hypocrisy is in 2006 when the "new york times" did this scoop on international banking, and...
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that is more than twice the worker's annual salary of $11,000 a year at minimum wage. as i mentioned last hour, president obama is heading to chattanooga, tennessee to announce a possible grand bargain that might generate some jobs. but before he goes he is going to meet with secretary of state, john kerry. kerry has been spear heading the middle east peace talks. all parties met for a dinner last night. the meal marking the end of a lay-long fast. the conversations will continue today. we're expecting a press conference this evening. we're back after the break. ♪ cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of t
that is more than twice the worker's annual salary of $11,000 a year at minimum wage. as i mentioned last hour, president obama is heading to chattanooga, tennessee to announce a possible grand bargain that might generate some jobs. but before he goes he is going to meet with secretary of state, john kerry. kerry has been spear heading the middle east peace talks. all parties met for a dinner last night. the meal marking the end of a lay-long fast. the conversations will continue today. we're...
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rush limbaugh's race to the bottom. >> yes, this is a theme he has used for years that obama has a chip on his shoulder. that obama wanted to become president to pay back white america. >> stephanie: right. >> wanted to become president. remember in the earlier years he wanted white people to be unemployed, he wanted white people to be poor. he talks about this unhinged fantasy, which is amazing then you compare him to the obama--the person. you know, completely mild mannered president who is--who frankly seems to be very reluctant to talk about race at all because the two or three times he has done that, people like limbaugh--so they create this fantasy about obama, that he's obsessed with race, and he's this radical and you look at him and it's the harvard law grad constitutional lawyer, and they don't match up. this obsession that limbaugh has with slavery and obama has particularly intrigued me. >> stephanie: by the way, it's hard to find someone more continue limbaugh. there was a tweet thinking that he's clever about hangers and abortion, and he wonders why he's #creepy man. >> th
rush limbaugh's race to the bottom. >> yes, this is a theme he has used for years that obama has a chip on his shoulder. that obama wanted to become president to pay back white america. >> stephanie: right. >> wanted to become president. remember in the earlier years he wanted white people to be unemployed, he wanted white people to be poor. he talks about this unhinged fantasy, which is amazing then you compare him to the obama--the person. you know, completely mild mannered...
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it's not like the obama 2012 thing, and you can say this meant that his father when he was five years old, accidentally touched him in a really bad place. noo -- >> stephanie: kristin, i want to thank you. you have given us all a political orgasm. >> oh, god! oh, god you are good! oh, my god! >> stephanie: thank you, kristin. >> caller: thank you. >> stephanie: don't forget to call us. [ applause ] >> she was awesome. i want her to call every day -- >> stephanie: ahhhhh! [ mumbling ] [ laughter ] >> stephanie: jim and i have made that analogy before. the car, oooooooooh, big government regulation -- oh, they are going to take our cars. >> i have a right to run through red lights. it's in the constitution. >> stephanie: forty-six minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: call the political party line now, 1-800-steph-1-2. now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would m
it's not like the obama 2012 thing, and you can say this meant that his father when he was five years old, accidentally touched him in a really bad place. noo -- >> stephanie: kristin, i want to thank you. you have given us all a political orgasm. >> oh, god! oh, god you are good! oh, my god! >> stephanie: thank you, kristin. >> caller: thank you. >> stephanie: don't forget to call us. [ applause ] >> she was awesome. i want her to call every day -- >>...
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. >> yeah. >> stephanie: senate democrats find $110 billion in savings over next year -- i just went down the paul [ inaudible ] thing. it is not both sides. they have offered spending cuts the democrats and -- what do you call it? the president? >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: republicans argue they have already passed an alternative to the sequestration. but it's proposed exempting defense from cuts entirely and thus gutting domestic spending. knowing this is a complete non-starter. >> we have a plan -- >> we have a plan. bourbon. >> stephanie: the boner. >> hope springing eternal and the president can sit down with harry reid tonight to move a bill. it's time for them to act. i have made this clear for months now. >> stephanie: what do you mean them? i'll be at the tavern! >> god he kicks the can to the other side of capitol hill. holy crap. >> stephanie: and little buddy eric cantor. >> the president really ought to stop campaigning and come back to the table and work with us. we -- we care about what happens to this economy and the people who sent us here. >> stephanie: can he sound an
. >> yeah. >> stephanie: senate democrats find $110 billion in savings over next year -- i just went down the paul [ inaudible ] thing. it is not both sides. they have offered spending cuts the democrats and -- what do you call it? the president? >> uh-huh. >> stephanie: republicans argue they have already passed an alternative to the sequestration. but it's proposed exempting defense from cuts entirely and thus gutting domestic spending. knowing this is a complete...
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the president yesterday. >> obama: ultimately it may be that the differents are just too wide. >> between the two sides. >> stephanie: right. because the senate democrats put out a plan patty murray's plan which makes sense, as paul ryan's budget makes no sense whatsoever. so they are -- >> way far apart. >> stephanie: remember that piece i read from "the daily beast" yesterday, the president was like no, i'm not going to do that. literally -- that's the thing it's like go play on paul ryan's home field. he said no. no. my job is to get people back to work and however -- >> and not to deal with this nonsense. >> stephanie: exactly. >> they were talking about entitlement reform, one thing they could do is lift the cap on social security so people making above $115,000 would pay into it. >> stephanie: right. patty murray has stuff in there -- there are wayses for savings that don't involve -- i cannot believe he is back with this ridiculous voucher plan. >> we said no. [ booing ] >> a voucher program and kill the post office. >> stephanie: it's like the kid asking for a skippy pop. i said n
the president yesterday. >> obama: ultimately it may be that the differents are just too wide. >> between the two sides. >> stephanie: right. because the senate democrats put out a plan patty murray's plan which makes sense, as paul ryan's budget makes no sense whatsoever. so they are -- >> way far apart. >> stephanie: remember that piece i read from "the daily beast" yesterday, the president was like no, i'm not going to do that. literally -- that's the...
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i think this is indiana's year. >> i will go for the final four for each of us here. i'll start with the defending champion, mr. press. you went with the same four that the participate did. >> bill: i did know what he had -- >> you picked a different winner than he did. you picked louisville. >> why was that bill? >> bill: because i love saying louisville. >> i think that's actually -- >> bill: i kid you not i love louisville. >> it's the silent s. >> bill: i have never been there, i have just always had a soft spot in my heart for louisville. >> okay. so you have louisville taking it all. i have louisville georgetown miami -- >> bill: i can see georgetown again, only because i like the campus. >> yes. >> bill: they have very pretty buildings. >> the trees are exactly the right height. >> i have georgetown in the final four miami in the final four, louisville, and wisconsin, which is my sleeper. >> bill: okay. who is your winner? >> i have got louisville. louisville is sort of the favorite in this tournament. >> bill: did i know that? . >> i'm sure you did. >> bill: y
i think this is indiana's year. >> i will go for the final four for each of us here. i'll start with the defending champion, mr. press. you went with the same four that the participate did. >> bill: i did know what he had -- >> you picked a different winner than he did. you picked louisville. >> why was that bill? >> bill: because i love saying louisville. >> i think that's actually -- >> bill: i kid you not i love louisville. >> it's the silent...
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. >> obama: today five years after the start of that great recession, america has fought its way back. >> stephanie: he outlines his priorities for the remainder of his second term. michael tomasky will talk about at the bottom of the hour, the relative chances of any of that getting done because of -- [ crickets chirping ] >> stephanie: republicans. >> obama: even though our businesses are creating new jobs and broken record profits, nearly all of the income gains have continued to flow to the top 1%. >> stephanie: yeah, he dubbed the speech -- he called his talk a better bargain for the middle class. he said thanks to the grit and resilience of the american people we have cleared away the rubble. and here is the but, i'm here today to tell you what we already know that we're not there yet. >> yeah. >> stephanie: and in a short floor speech yesterday, he described it as a hollow shell, an easter egg with no candy in it. >> i used to serve at the tavern. >> it's a hollow shell. it's an easter egg with no candy in it. >> stephanie: my favorite was when he did the wrungs on the ladder b
. >> obama: today five years after the start of that great recession, america has fought its way back. >> stephanie: he outlines his priorities for the remainder of his second term. michael tomasky will talk about at the bottom of the hour, the relative chances of any of that getting done because of -- [ crickets chirping ] >> stephanie: republicans. >> obama: even though our businesses are creating new jobs and broken record profits, nearly all of the income gains have...
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the summer bromance film of the year, the obama/christie brother man's. could it be that worried about conservatives who are screaming bloody murder over whether or not he is going to be able to run for president with president barackorrowar bam /* we've got that and all a bun of other stuff coming up on current tv. the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class over. cenk off air>>> i don't want the middle class taking the brunt of the spending cuts and all the different programs that wind up hurting the middle class. cenk on air>>> you got to go to the local level, the state level and we have to fight hard to make sure they can't buy our politics anymore. cenk off air>>> and they can question if i'm right about that. but i think the audience gets that, i actually mean it. cenk on air>>> 3 t
the summer bromance film of the year, the obama/christie brother man's. could it be that worried about conservatives who are screaming bloody murder over whether or not he is going to be able to run for president with president barackorrowar bam /* we've got that and all a bun of other stuff coming up on current tv. the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know...
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he wants president obama to call him. he thinks they could break the ice with basketball. >> jamal: okay. >> that would solve all of the world's problems. >> jamal: i'm an old detroit piston's fan, but i have a soft spot for dennis rodman. so i can't go too negative on dennis rodman. >> let's send rick mahorn to syria. let's send bill lambeard to iran. >> laura sil verman's attempt to be the first nfl kicker did not last long. he is injured her leg while kicking. she kicked just two tryouts, she then called it quits, saying she hopes to try another time. >> wow. the 14-yard kick is a pretty tough way to day bu. >> i know y'all are going to get mad at me for saying this because i a feminist i love women, i have all of their albums. but women should not be playing football. >> yeah. >> i will watch women's soccer women's basketball women's softball, women should not be playing football with men. >> jamal: but there are women who play football. >> in college, yeah. this girl doesn't even play professional soccer. she plays c
he wants president obama to call him. he thinks they could break the ice with basketball. >> jamal: okay. >> that would solve all of the world's problems. >> jamal: i'm an old detroit piston's fan, but i have a soft spot for dennis rodman. so i can't go too negative on dennis rodman. >> let's send rick mahorn to syria. let's send bill lambeard to iran. >> laura sil verman's attempt to be the first nfl kicker did not last long. he is injured her leg while kicking....
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benjamin netanyahu give president obama an interesting gift yesterday. a 2000 year old stone with a tiny chip engraved with israel's and the united states declaration of independence. hillary clinton still not running for president in 2016 but that is not stopping pollsters from asking how she would do in a new quinnipiac poll said she would do well in florida. her favorablity in florida is high too and twitter turns seven today. what do you give the social network that has everything, i say maybe it's name on a grain of rice. >> hal: and maybe a hashtag. >> we're back after the break. marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. um, hello. these ugly stains are ruining my good looks and style. and good luck using that cleaner. excuse me, miss ? he's right. those are tough hard water stains, and that cleaner'
benjamin netanyahu give president obama an interesting gift yesterday. a 2000 year old stone with a tiny chip engraved with israel's and the united states declaration of independence. hillary clinton still not running for president in 2016 but that is not stopping pollsters from asking how she would do in a new quinnipiac poll said she would do well in florida. her favorablity in florida is high too and twitter turns seven today. what do you give the social network that has everything, i say...
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. >> obama: i welcome this debate. and i think it's healthy for our democracy. i think it is a sign of maturity because probably five years ago six years ago we might not have been having this debate. >> stephanie: you said somebody on facebook -- on your facebook page said that last week they wondered if this leak was on purpose to have this debate. i don't know. >> could be. >> interesting idea. >> you know, i hope the president leaked it so that we could have this debate. because it is an important debate. i hope it lights a fire under congress to get rid of the most heinous parts of the patriot act. >> stephanie: ed snowden the nsa whistle-blower did an interview overnight. >> my name's ed snowden. i'm 29 years old. i work for booze allen hamilton as an infrastructure analyst for nsa in hawaii. i sit at my desk, certainly had the authority to wiretap anyone from you or your accountant to a federal judge to even the president if i had a personal e-mail. >> stephanie: the president's probably like what now? wait a minute. >> i didn't sign up for that. >> steph
. >> obama: i welcome this debate. and i think it's healthy for our democracy. i think it is a sign of maturity because probably five years ago six years ago we might not have been having this debate. >> stephanie: you said somebody on facebook -- on your facebook page said that last week they wondered if this leak was on purpose to have this debate. i don't know. >> could be. >> interesting idea. >> you know, i hope the president leaked it so that we could have...
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so you got the obama plan. just double it to 6.8. you have the republican plan and by the way, with president obama once you fix it in, it's locked in to the life of the loan. the republican plan, which is a floating plan recalculated every year could go up as high as 81/2 %. in the senate, the one flan makes the most sense, elizabeth warren, you know, we elected her as a great progressive and she has proven to be. this is her first fwhal she introduced which would say uh-uh. let's not -- let's forget this 3.4% even let's give students loans, federal government, at the same rate that the banks are able to borrow money from the fed these days and from the treasury department, that special prime rate for the big banks which is less than 1%, and elizabeth warren says about that: you know what? why should banks get a better rate than students? yeah, some students may default on their loans, but a lot of banks default on their stuff, too. so let's treat students the same as banks and the other point she makes is that the if he hadral gove
so you got the obama plan. just double it to 6.8. you have the republican plan and by the way, with president obama once you fix it in, it's locked in to the life of the loan. the republican plan, which is a floating plan recalculated every year could go up as high as 81/2 %. in the senate, the one flan makes the most sense, elizabeth warren, you know, we elected her as a great progressive and she has proven to be. this is her first fwhal she introduced which would say uh-uh. let's not -- let's...
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it has been five years! this has been telegraphed from day one. >> stephanie: why won't the president leave by getting out of the way? >> obama is a centrist so by definition, it is the republicans who are causing this >> you know, this whole idea of you know, attacking the president for not being able to change the opposition's behavior. where were the columns attacking w bush for not being able to get tom daschle to change his behavior in the early part of george bush's first term when the allegation was democrats were obstructing and standing in the way of the republican agenda. we've never seen this sort of onslaught where the pundits blame the president for his inability to get the other side to change its mind. we've never seen it because it doesn't make any sense. >> stephanie: meanwhile in right-wing world a liberal obama-loving media. all right. let's dive into the right-wing world. see what's doing. here we go. rush limbaugh. >> i've never seen this kind of self-absorption. it is uncanny. >> stepha
it has been five years! this has been telegraphed from day one. >> stephanie: why won't the president leave by getting out of the way? >> obama is a centrist so by definition, it is the republicans who are causing this >> you know, this whole idea of you know, attacking the president for not being able to change the opposition's behavior. where were the columns attacking w bush for not being able to get tom daschle to change his behavior in the early part of george bush's...
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lack of females in obama's campaign. >> bill: there it is. there it be. we'll be right back on the "full court press." >> announcer: the "bill press show" is moving to free speech tv. you can follow us on twitter at @. this is the "bill press show." headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. >> did anyone tell the pilgrims they should self-deport? >> no, they said "make us a turkey and make it fast". >> (laughter). >> she gets the comedians laughing. >> that's the best! >> that's hilarious. >> ... and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there is wiggle room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> she's joy behar. >> ya, i consider you jew-talian. >> okay, whatever you want. >> who plays kafka? >> who saw kafka? >> who ever saw kafka? >> (laughter). >> asking the tough questions. >> chris brown, i mean you wouldn't let one of your daughters go out with him. >> absolutely not. >> you would rather deal with ahmadinejad then me? >> absolutely! >> (singing) >> i take lipitor, thats it. >> are you improving you
lack of females in obama's campaign. >> bill: there it is. there it be. we'll be right back on the "full court press." >> announcer: the "bill press show" is moving to free speech tv. you can follow us on twitter at @. this is the "bill press show." headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. >> did anyone tell the pilgrims they should self-deport? >> no, they said "make us a turkey and make it fast"....
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at the g8 >> bill: the girls are off on a little vacation of their own. >> not bad when you are 14 years old and have lunch with the lead singer of u2. pretty good. >> bill: those girls have had a lot of special opportunities, shall we say. >> dan: absolutely. >>> a company in las vegas wants to build a new roller costar on the las vegas strip planning to be the tallest rollercoaster in the world. >> bill: i saw that under construction when i was there the last time. they have been working on it for some time. >> dan: so tall it needs faa approval. the 650 foot tall structure needs to be approved so they are sure it won't interfere with air traffic. it will be about half as fall as the stratosphere title at the south end of the strip. >> bill: you can see it easily where they are building it. but the thing is the airport in las vegas is almost right on the strip. >> yeah. >> bill: i don't know if you have flown into vegas. >> dan: absolutely. >> bill: taxiing to the airport and it looks like you are driving up the strip, the hotels are so close, on the south end. so that will be a great
at the g8 >> bill: the girls are off on a little vacation of their own. >> not bad when you are 14 years old and have lunch with the lead singer of u2. pretty good. >> bill: those girls have had a lot of special opportunities, shall we say. >> dan: absolutely. >>> a company in las vegas wants to build a new roller costar on the las vegas strip planning to be the tallest rollercoaster in the world. >> bill: i saw that under construction when i was there the...
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michelle obama is not the only person to sneak out of the white house the. chelsea admitted while if i have fillming that she and her mom, hillary would sneak out of the white house back in the '90s and take walks on the national mall the. they would put on hats and sunglasses and head out among the people. no word if the secret service was keeping a watchful eye on them or not. >> i remember hillary telling me about one such escape that she loved being able to walk out. the i know michelle obama has done that. she went to a pet store once with bo. >> the inspiration for the cartoon character marge simpson passed away, margaret groaning, the mother of simpson's creator matt groaning passed away at the age of 94. her husband, homer groaning he passed away back in 1996. the organizian report matt loosely based a lot on what his parents were like when he was growing up. >> he must have had a very weird childhood. you should see. you should see the obituary. when they printed it a couple of days ago, there are the marge's sister named after his real-life aunts.
michelle obama is not the only person to sneak out of the white house the. chelsea admitted while if i have fillming that she and her mom, hillary would sneak out of the white house back in the '90s and take walks on the national mall the. they would put on hats and sunglasses and head out among the people. no word if the secret service was keeping a watchful eye on them or not. >> i remember hillary telling me about one such escape that she loved being able to walk out. the i know...
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four years. they're starting to learn their way around the white house. >> bill: they feel right at home. and the president says no doubt we'll see you guys again. >> obama: since i'll be around for four more football seasons i expect i just might see these guys again before i leave. so go, tide. [ applause ] >> that sounds good. i like the way he says that. >> bill: right. and then, of course, after that event, word hit the white house as well as the rest of us about the explosion of the two bombs at the end of the marathon there in boston. and that's been the focus of most of our conversation this morning. chris van hollen will be joining us in studio in the next hour. we'll also be talking with congressman tony cardenas, a freshman congressman from california. and michael graham will be joining us at the half hour. he is another talk show host, fellow talk show host from boston. we'll start with chris anders here talking about drones. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> quick ch
four years. they're starting to learn their way around the white house. >> bill: they feel right at home. and the president says no doubt we'll see you guys again. >> obama: since i'll be around for four more football seasons i expect i just might see these guys again before i leave. so go, tide. [ applause ] >> that sounds good. i like the way he says that. >> bill: right. and then, of course, after that event, word hit the white house as well as the rest of us about...
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for nearly two years boehner has said obama walked away from the grand bargain remember, which helped create this toxic political environment. it amazes me the majority leader was willing to admit this. this makes boehner look remarkably dishonest. it is unbelievably. he admitted -- okay. ♪ you're a lying sack of crap ♪ >> looming budget cuts. they have released hundreds of detained immigrants to trim due to the budget cuts. they'll scream amnesty when we get to immigration reform. there you go. you go. thanks a lot. all right. the president talking about the -- >> obama: there are too many republicans in congress right now who refuse to compromise even an inch when it comes to closing tax loopholes and special interest tax breaks. that's what's holding things up right now. >> stephanie: somebody -- you know -- i've been quoting him a lot. michael tomasky and the "daily beast." >> he's a great writer. >> stephanie: he broadens it out to the media which we talk about a lot, too. it is infuriating. it is that we have to leave it there. both sides have equally valid points. >> no, th
for nearly two years boehner has said obama walked away from the grand bargain remember, which helped create this toxic political environment. it amazes me the majority leader was willing to admit this. this makes boehner look remarkably dishonest. it is unbelievably. he admitted -- okay. ♪ you're a lying sack of crap ♪ >> looming budget cuts. they have released hundreds of detained immigrants to trim due to the budget cuts. they'll scream amnesty when we get to immigration reform....
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after some 12 years of service. the participate's pik is james comey. even though he is rap, he is widely regarded as an a political prosecutor. when john ashcroft was hospitalized in 2004, he stopped in to stop officials from convincing the very sick attorney general to sign off of the wiretapping program. and he is also responsible for determining who leaked the information on valerie plain. he more recently served as general counsel for a con group. and rob lowe is now going to play a president. lowe has been cast as jfk in the up coming national geographic killing kennedy. he says the story centers around the assassination of our 35th president, and it is set in conjunction of the 50th anniversary of that tragic event later this year. we're back with more show after the break. stay with us. ♪ cenk off air>>> alright in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks! i think the number 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. they know that i'm not bsing them for some hidden agenda, ac
after some 12 years of service. the participate's pik is james comey. even though he is rap, he is widely regarded as an a political prosecutor. when john ashcroft was hospitalized in 2004, he stopped in to stop officials from convincing the very sick attorney general to sign off of the wiretapping program. and he is also responsible for determining who leaked the information on valerie plain. he more recently served as general counsel for a con group. and rob lowe is now going to play a...
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. >> and barely four years in office five jihadists have reached their targets under barack obama. in over seven years after 9/11, under george w. bush, how many terrorists reached their targets in the united states? zero? >> what? >> what? >> so 9/11 didn't happen. >> why is the obama administration failing in its mission to stop terrorism before it reaches it's target in the united states. >> oh, my god! >> stephanie: let's unpack that whole ball of nonsense -- >> that rice ball. >> stephanie: yes. yeah -- i think it was chris matthews that said what 9/11 is a mulligan? i don't get it. literally -- >> except for that one time everything was perfect. >> stephanie: right, exactly. and excuse me but half of those were foiled things. what are you talking about -- >> yeah they were caught by law enforcement. >> stephanie: they were foiled -- okay. >> the time square bomber didn't reach his target. >> stephanie: yes, and the fort hood guy was in our own army -- >> underwear bomber didn't reach the target. what is he talking about? >> stephanie: right. exactly. >> he's just hoping peopl
. >> and barely four years in office five jihadists have reached their targets under barack obama. in over seven years after 9/11, under george w. bush, how many terrorists reached their targets in the united states? zero? >> what? >> what? >> so 9/11 didn't happen. >> why is the obama administration failing in its mission to stop terrorism before it reaches it's target in the united states. >> oh, my god! >> stephanie: let's unpack that whole ball of...
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i just don't think he served obama well. he's had four years. get the hell out. >> tina says there you go, bill. holder isn't in charge of handling the a.p. story. you sound like louie gohmert. at least you haven't cast any aspersions on hiss a pair grouse. -- asparagus. >> caller: i think you're totally wrong. first thing, i think the press has -- you know, they control the things and when the press says things and when they attack seems like you all attack the person that's attacking the press. they have should be investigating. if the government think that they're doing something that's wrong, they should be attacking. i don't understand why the president has a free hand to say anything they want do anything. they lie. but when they are attacked, seem like all y'all i'm surprised at you, truthfully. you sound more like a republican, you know, you do. you sound more like a republican -- >> bill: j.j., look, i make no apologies for standing up for the first amendment and standing up for the freedom of the press. remember what thomas jefferson s
i just don't think he served obama well. he's had four years. get the hell out. >> tina says there you go, bill. holder isn't in charge of handling the a.p. story. you sound like louie gohmert. at least you haven't cast any aspersions on hiss a pair grouse. -- asparagus. >> caller: i think you're totally wrong. first thing, i think the press has -- you know, they control the things and when the press says things and when they attack seems like you all attack the person that's...
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. >> obama: unfortunately over the last couple of years in particular, washington hasn't just ignored the problem, a lot of times it has made things worse. i'm laying out my ideas to give the middle class a better shot and if the republicans don't agree with me, i want them to lay out their ideas. if they have better ideas to make sure that every american knows the security of affordable health care, share it with the country. instead of repealing obamacare and slashing our budgets in education and research and infrastructure, that's not an economic plan. >> yes, it is! >> obama: you won't pay the bills in this country when we already racked up the bills. that's not an economic plan. that's just being a dead beat. >> stephanie: snap. salon tweeted so much for autopsies and rebranding. voters for republicans down 20% since -- >> wow! [♪ somber music ♪] >> stephanie: how is victory the victory elephant selling these days now? >> they copped out and said they are conservatives now. >> stephanie: the president one more time. >> obama: health care costs starting to slow down deficits p
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the stock market has rallied this year on optimism that the u.s. housing market is recovering, strong economic earnings and stimulus from the federal reserve has also boosted stock prices. conservatives have tried to paint obama as the most anti-president in history. historically the stock market has fared better dun democrats than republicans according to the ap investors are bracing for setbacks thanks to the automatic budget cuts. [ applause ] >> stephanie: i'm telling you they are trying to slow down the economy so they can blame the president. >> look what the black guy did. >> stephanie: malcolm, welcome. >> caller: hey, momma. like you chris has annoyed me. >> what did i do? >> caller: all americans receive 14th amendment protections. i am not. i'm a black american -- and i am subject to -- >> well white people are too. >> caller: the odds are little higher for me. >> but still white people are as well. >> caller: there is a sufferer in torrence who almost got killed by the terrence police because they thought he was christopher dorner. >> s
the stock market has rallied this year on optimism that the u.s. housing market is recovering, strong economic earnings and stimulus from the federal reserve has also boosted stock prices. conservatives have tried to paint obama as the most anti-president in history. historically the stock market has fared better dun democrats than republicans according to the ap investors are bracing for setbacks thanks to the automatic budget cuts. [ applause ] >> stephanie: i'm telling you they are...
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his first book was about the first year of the obama administration. the promise as i recall, right? >> the early book on obama. i wrote one about franklin roosevelt's first couple of years, too, in the early 1930s. tried to draw you know, some of the -- in this book, i'm trying to not make straight up comparisons but every one of these stories has -- historical resonance. i tried to put obama in some historical context. put the 2012 campaign in historical context. >> bill: evan mcmorris santoro is here with us from "buzzfeed." >> you mentioned we talked in the last segment about effectiveness and maybe you talk about schmooze deficit. i think seeing in the second term he wasn't able to get guns done. he didn't really want the sequester fight that much. seems like a big fight is going forward. the big focus is both health care and immigration. i wonder how you think the campaign changed specifically the immigration debate. >> well, i think elections have consequences, everybody knows. and this one had a big consequence which is that we're going to get
his first book was about the first year of the obama administration. the promise as i recall, right? >> the early book on obama. i wrote one about franklin roosevelt's first couple of years, too, in the early 1930s. tried to draw you know, some of the -- in this book, i'm trying to not make straight up comparisons but every one of these stories has -- historical resonance. i tried to put obama in some historical context. put the 2012 campaign in historical context. >> bill: evan...
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that they've been running on and off for over a year now and also tweeted last night again when obama talked about the trayvon case and just the guttural reaction to it and the guttural hate we've seen, the race baiting. imagine if zimmerman had been found guilty what we would be dealing with right now? i put hashtag fox news riots. i think there really probably would be. if you talk about violence and this pseudofear of violence in the wake of the zimmerman trial based on what i'm seeing, absolutely, that would be a far more -- a far greater fear. i mean the fact that they're this angry at a not guilty verdict, you know, i shutter to think what would have happened if the opposite had been true. >> stephanie: one can only imagine to gretchen carlson's hair if there was a riot. great stuff as always, eric. talk to you next week. he stayed on with me. he's starting to like me. 20 minutes after the hour. right back on "the stephanie miller show." >> announcer: there's a tea party in her pants and you're invited. call now. 1-800-steph-12. current tv is the place for true stories. with awa
that they've been running on and off for over a year now and also tweeted last night again when obama talked about the trayvon case and just the guttural reaction to it and the guttural hate we've seen, the race baiting. imagine if zimmerman had been found guilty what we would be dealing with right now? i put hashtag fox news riots. i think there really probably would be. if you talk about violence and this pseudofear of violence in the wake of the zimmerman trial based on what i'm seeing,...
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so, you know, it has been cheapened relentlessly by conservatives during the obama years. >> stephanie: nice that americans are rooting for president obama's 9-11, aren't they? >> they're rooting for failure and they're kind of rooting for terrorist attacks and all of this kind of thing. >> stephanie: yep. >> i think the sequester is a terrorist attack. >> stephanie: yeah. i know. some of the stuff we have done to our own budget, eric, terrorists couldn't have even have thought of to our own economy. >> it's true. it all goes -- look, if you're going to talk about the economy and the spending, you have to talk about bush whether he's opening a nice, new library this week or not. the wars cost a lot of money. and he didn't have the money for it and we're still paying for that. >> stephanie: yep. eric, thanks for letting me trick you into coming on. i will find something else to trick you to come on tomorrow for. thanks honey. >> glossed right over that. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] >> stephanie: he's not easily tricked. bush the library is open, everybody. tour of the george w. bush
so, you know, it has been cheapened relentlessly by conservatives during the obama years. >> stephanie: nice that americans are rooting for president obama's 9-11, aren't they? >> they're rooting for failure and they're kind of rooting for terrorist attacks and all of this kind of thing. >> stephanie: yep. >> i think the sequester is a terrorist attack. >> stephanie: yeah. i know. some of the stuff we have done to our own budget, eric, terrorists couldn't have even...
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of the obama administration. nancy pelosi and steny hoyer cracking the whip. that's when we saw things happen. the honorable steny hoyer joins us on our news line this morning. those were the days, right congressman? >> those were the days where we did things substantively. and got america moving again. not as fast as we want because for the last two years as you pointed out we haven't done much. we haven't done much the first six months or five months of this year either. >> bill: the big question is, congressman, we want to know if we're getting our tax dollars worth. have you repealed obamacare again this week? >> not this week. but the house passed it this week, of course. last week. for the 37th time. just to reiterate that -- i know it comes as a shocker that there are some republicans against giving healthcare to an additional 30 plus million people in america. and they needed to reiterate that one more time. but it is the kind of thing that we're wasting time with. we've spent two and a half years posturi
of the obama administration. nancy pelosi and steny hoyer cracking the whip. that's when we saw things happen. the honorable steny hoyer joins us on our news line this morning. those were the days, right congressman? >> those were the days where we did things substantively. and got america moving again. not as fast as we want because for the last two years as you pointed out we haven't done much. we haven't done much the first six months or five months of this year either. >> bill:...
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welcomed the governors and pointed out that he had seen a lot of them this year. he saw some more than others. >> last year, you got to see firsthand some of the great work our governors are helping to accomplish across the country. it's chew i had a chance to see some accomplishments and some states more than others. ohio: iowa. colorado. virginia. but i hope to see more of you this year, the rest of you. >> they got a lot of attention. california was not on the lits. >> no. >> no. anyhow, ruby kramer covers the governor's association for buzzfeed joining us on our news line this morning. good morning. >> thank you for having me. >> bill: good to talk to you. over all, you know, we are talking, we are consumed with the sequester here in washington, d.c. did the governors knows about it? do they care about it? are they concerned about the sequester happening on friday? >> absolutely. the sequester is one of the first things that they brought up in whatever kind of open discussion forum that they had over the weekend. we saw republican governors and democratic gove
welcomed the governors and pointed out that he had seen a lot of them this year. he saw some more than others. >> last year, you got to see firsthand some of the great work our governors are helping to accomplish across the country. it's chew i had a chance to see some accomplishments and some states more than others. ohio: iowa. colorado. virginia. but i hope to see more of you this year, the rest of you. >> they got a lot of attention. california was not on the lits. >> no....
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have lived here, you have to go back to mexico and start the process from mexico no matter how many years it takes you. that's what he sayses in his book. now we know after republicans lost the latino vote 71-27 -- >> oops. >> bill: to barack obama republicans are now coming around and saying no, no no now we are for immigration reform, and we all agree maybe the details haven't been worked out, but for all of those 12 million people that are here illegally, we have to have a path to citizenship for them. and once this bill passes they will be in sort of a circle of immunity. then they have to pay back taxes, pay a fee, learn english -- but they don't have to go back to mexico for sure. so now jeb bush comes out and says i was wrong on that book. he just published the damn thing. and what is his excuse? >> he essentially says he is a victim of bad timing, that this book was written before the election, and he hadn't learned the lessons of the election of 2012 where we saw the gop lost a huge number of latinos, he's going oh crap. that's when the book had been written -- >> bill: first of
have lived here, you have to go back to mexico and start the process from mexico no matter how many years it takes you. that's what he sayses in his book. now we know after republicans lost the latino vote 71-27 -- >> oops. >> bill: to barack obama republicans are now coming around and saying no, no no now we are for immigration reform, and we all agree maybe the details haven't been worked out, but for all of those 12 million people that are here illegally, we have to have a path...
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>> right. >> bill: over last year. i mean obama economics is working. what's going on? >> you have a problem? something against bankers? get with the program, bill >> bill: this is another sign that recovery is moving. right? >> look. here is what we all have been saying for a long time. we rebuilt the same banking system, a banking system that is enormously adept at making profits for itself. we are all for profits but we have also been saying the same structural problems that permit the banking system to do extraordinarily house was listed with the rest of the country doesn't do well remain. here is the thing. bloomberg, harolddly -- this isn't "the nation," some left-wing group. bloomberg media calculated that the subsidy we give to the too big to fail banks each year, $83,000,000,000. where does that come from? because we guarantee their debt. they doughty need to pay as to borrow. that goes straight to the bottom line. we are paying because we rebuilt the same system. it doesn't make sense >> bill: they are making the profits but reforms haven't happened? >> they a
>> right. >> bill: over last year. i mean obama economics is working. what's going on? >> you have a problem? something against bankers? get with the program, bill >> bill: this is another sign that recovery is moving. right? >> look. here is what we all have been saying for a long time. we rebuilt the same banking system, a banking system that is enormously adept at making profits for itself. we are all for profits but we have also been saying the same structural...
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do you think president obama will sign it? don't be ridiculous. he will sign to overturn his signature legislative accomplishment. it won't happen. and then even if he were to -- they would have to roll back two years of all of the new regulations, new programs, new procedures, new jobs and the whole thing. it ain't gonna happen. for paul ryan, after trying once trying twice to come up with a third budget and to base the budget on the repeal of obamacare is unbelievably irresponsible. unrealistic. >> dumb. >> bill: dumb. >> it is just dumb. he ran for vice president of the united states. and he's been on record this whole time as wanting to repeal obamacare. the american people had a chance to vote and they voted against that idea. >> bill: what was mitt romney's pledge? on day one i'm going to repeal obamacare. it's not gonna happen. you notice most other republicans aren't even talking about it now because they know it's not going to happen because it is in place. the american people know it now. they love it. and they don't want to see it repea
do you think president obama will sign it? don't be ridiculous. he will sign to overturn his signature legislative accomplishment. it won't happen. and then even if he were to -- they would have to roll back two years of all of the new regulations, new programs, new procedures, new jobs and the whole thing. it ain't gonna happen. for paul ryan, after trying once trying twice to come up with a third budget and to base the budget on the repeal of obamacare is unbelievably irresponsible....
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successful. >> stephanie: the point i was making to karl was that we were talking about flash back four years. his choices were just safer. obama skipped over obviously people closer to him to name james jones, a guy he barely knew to head the nsa before because obama was a liberal democrat. jones was a marine general who could watch his back. some of his choices made sense. they were smart for the first term. robert gates was retained. robert gates who was bush's defense secretary. he talked about even hillary clinton being in some ways, a cautious choice because she obviously ran to the right of him on foreign policy. was trusted as more, you know, pro israel. but i'm actually excited like peter is about the second term. flash forward to 2014, obama chooses chuck hagel a man whose skeptical of actions in iran have made him radioactive among his former g.o.p. colleagues. he chooses susan rice, a woman republicans have up on a dartboard. samantha power though less controversial is the subject of fierce conservative attacks when she emerged as a key obama adviser back in 2008. so i mean i thin
successful. >> stephanie: the point i was making to karl was that we were talking about flash back four years. his choices were just safer. obama skipped over obviously people closer to him to name james jones, a guy he barely knew to head the nsa before because obama was a liberal democrat. jones was a marine general who could watch his back. some of his choices made sense. they were smart for the first term. robert gates was retained. robert gates who was bush's defense secretary. he...
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and he was just -- he was just renominated by president obama this year. >> bill: so how long is his term? >> well, starting yesterday it's five years. >> bill: five years. you know this -- you mentioned her before. this is really a great victory for elizabeth warren, isn't it? >> it absolutely is. yesterday was especially sweet because in a final vote for the confirmation, she was presiding. so there were actually two votes. there was the procedural vote yesterday. that passed 71-29. then there was a final vote, substantively on cordray's nomination. that passed 66-34. >> bill: no stronger, better consumer organization in this country happen public citizen. so what do you see now as the future of this consumer finance protection bureau now that we've got richard cordray officially as the head of it? >> thanks for the compliments. cfpb has already started to reign in abusive predatory practices by banks lenders security firms debt collectors and other institutions. and so in its short time in two years, it's already made substantial contributions. it's returned about half a billion d
and he was just -- he was just renominated by president obama this year. >> bill: so how long is his term? >> well, starting yesterday it's five years. >> bill: five years. you know this -- you mentioned her before. this is really a great victory for elizabeth warren, isn't it? >> it absolutely is. yesterday was especially sweet because in a final vote for the confirmation, she was presiding. so there were actually two votes. there was the procedural vote yesterday. that...
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but how will she translate that now in the fifth year of the obama administration, and she is confirmed, does that temper the sam power that was the president's advisor all of those years back. and when you are an un ambassador you deal with two levels, like what do we do in syria? and then there's the non-security stuff. and a lot of the expects have said even if you can't get russia and china on board, there are things that the u.s. can steer the un in to doing. and that might be where she will be very active. >> bill: republicans are frustrated obviously because they can't do anything about susan rice. do you think they are try to take out their anger on susan rice on samantha power? >> that's an interesting question. the fact that sam power has been pro-intervention and folks like senator mccain would like the obama administration to be more intervening intervening, but senator mccain doesn't speak for his entire party as you know. but yesterday partly because of frank lautenberg's funeral, we didn't see the full rollout of what is the response going to be? and i think we'll see mor
but how will she translate that now in the fifth year of the obama administration, and she is confirmed, does that temper the sam power that was the president's advisor all of those years back. and when you are an un ambassador you deal with two levels, like what do we do in syria? and then there's the non-security stuff. and a lot of the expects have said even if you can't get russia and china on board, there are things that the u.s. can steer the un in to doing. and that might be where she...
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you can take an early look at how to apply for financial health and affording health insurance next year. president obama once again yesterday described the basic idea behind the new state health insurance exchanges. >> obama: what we're doing is we're setting up a pool so that they can all pool together and get a better deal from insurance companies. and those who can't afford it, we're going to provide them with some subsidies. that's it. >> so simple. the short form online. you can take a look. three pages long for individuals. all 33 states that have decided to let the federal government run their exchanges will use the same form. the family form, a little longer. it is 11 pages. >>> and good news today as the very first day of the george w. bush presidential library and museum officially open to the public today. i say we take a road trip. we're back after the break. high. cenk uygur: i think the number one thing viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. i think the audience gets that i actually mean it. michael shure: this show is about being up to date so a lot of m
you can take an early look at how to apply for financial health and affording health insurance next year. president obama once again yesterday described the basic idea behind the new state health insurance exchanges. >> obama: what we're doing is we're setting up a pool so that they can all pool together and get a better deal from insurance companies. and those who can't afford it, we're going to provide them with some subsidies. that's it. >> so simple. the short form online. you...
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did in an election year and -- and survived -- not only survived won handily. >> bill: yeah. yesterday we see secretary of state, hillary clinton, former coming without this very strong video and then this morning we pick up the paper and here is the "washington post" abc poll on the same issue, which has some&townedingsome& astounding numbers. >> yeah. the highest we have seen across the board. >> bill: and 81% of young people. >> right. >> bill: what else would be that high? background checks maybe for all guns. >> right. >> bill: so not so long ago -- ten years ago this was the club that republicans -- in 2004 -- nine years ago, this was the republican that republicans-- the club that republicans were using to beat democrats over the head with. and it has totally flipped now in public opinion. how do you explain that? >> what conservatives did was got just ahead of wave. they got just ahead of i think public opinion which was showily but surely moving in the right direction. first of all you had eight years in washington where during the bush years anything gay related was
did in an election year and -- and survived -- not only survived won handily. >> bill: yeah. yesterday we see secretary of state, hillary clinton, former coming without this very strong video and then this morning we pick up the paper and here is the "washington post" abc poll on the same issue, which has some&townedingsome& astounding numbers. >> yeah. the highest we have seen across the board. >> bill: and 81% of young people. >> right. >> bill:...
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. >> new york city: 1983. 22 year old ivy league graduate barack obama is bothered by the
. >> new york city: 1983. 22 year old ivy league graduate barack obama is bothered by the